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Loyalty Bookstores

@loyaltybooks.bsky.social

Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.

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Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · last mo.

As DC residents clean up the mess from an earsplitting midnight firework show, a dangerous heat dome, and a white supremacist march through town, we’re thinking about all the wonderful people who call this city home. Here’s to our customers, neighbors, and local authors who make DC great 💛

Photo of the outside of Loyalty Bookstore, a small brick building with a blue and green leafy mural. In front is a blue flag that says “read banned books” and a chalkboard sign that says “enter this way” with rainbow arrows Photo of a hand holding a stack of books by DC authors, including Dyscalculia, A Living Remedy, The Literati, Seeing Ghosts, Happy Endings, The Worst Best Man, Streetwhys, Cherish Farrah, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice, Do What Godmother Says, and How the Word is PassedPhoto of a hand holding up to DC themed postcards, one of the skyline from uptown, one of Ben’s Chili Bowl. In the background are art prints of DC neighborhoodsPhoto of a hand holding the cookbook American Soul
Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Prime Day is the perfect day to stop supporting Amazon & Audible! You can support indie bookstores with every audiobook purchase you make at @libro.fm, and 6/23-6/26 you’ll get 35% off all sale audiobooks with code BIGIMPACT. Here’s what some of our booksellers and regulars are listening to now!

Photo of Hannah in Loyalty Bookstore holding up their phone to show they’re listening to How to Defend Books and Why by Danny CainePhoto of Shree in Loyalty Bookstore holding up their phone to show they’re listening to Every Happiness by Reena ShahPhoto of Susie in Loyalty Bookstore holding up their phone to show they’re listening to Break Room by Miye LeePhoto of Chris outside of Loyalty Bookstore holding up their phone to show they’re listening to I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2mo ago

they're less than $4,000 away from their initial goal. this administration may be awful, but the people are not. 💓

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2mo ago

If you are looking for a way to help the folks in Minneapolis, a member of the National Lawyer's Guild passed along this fundraiser for legal costs for those arrested yesterday: chuffed.org/project/1865... You can also donate directly to the NLG: www.paypal.com/donate?token...

Beacon Press@beaconpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What is your favorite #Juneteenth read and why is it Octavia E. Butler’s KINDRED? It’s also your favorite as a graphic novel, too! @drdamianduffy.bsky.social talked to @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social all about adapting her novel. buff.ly/OUrF1ZY

Octavia Butler’s “Kindred” in Living Color, from Novel to Graphic Novel

A Q&A with Damian Duffy | It was an honor and a privilege for John and me to be the first to adapt Octavia Butler’s work to a visual medium. It was also, in equal measure, nerve wracking, exhau…

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Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Did you know Loyalty hosts drag story hours not once but TWICE every month? Pride is the perfect time to check it out! We’ll have the lovely Charlemagne Chateau in the story time chair this Sunday, June 14, and the marvelous Tiffany D. Carter hosting story time next Sunday, June 21!

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Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tonight @ 7 PM, we’re celebrating the release of @jordanifueko’s phenomenal new middle grade fantasy novel The Genie Game! Jordan will be in convo with Loyalty fave @rosiesrambles, and good times are sure to be had! 🙌https://loyaltybookstores.com/geniegame

An event flier featuring Jordan Ifueko and Roseanne Brown's headshots and the book cover of The Genie Game as well as event details as described in the post.
Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This WEDNESDAY 4/29 at 7PM: We're welcoming @stephanie.stalvey.artist for her lovingly crafted graphic novel EVERYTHING IN COLOR with reporter and author of THE EXVANGELICALS @sarahmccammon_journalist! Join us at the Petworth shop for this beautiful exploration of freedom, love, and deconstruction.

Loyalty Books event graphic with a white background and earthtone rainbow swish in the background. In the foreground is the event information as described in the caption and three circles featuring the black and white Loyalty logo, a headshot of Sarah McCammon, a white woman in a blue top with blond hair, and Stephanie Stalvey, a white woman with dark brown hair in a blue top. The book cover is also featured, a couple hugging with icon halos behind their heads the style of a church stained glass window and fruit trees surrounding them.
Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6mo ago

A Duke by Default is the book for every hot mess express ADHD girl out there. Portia is our queen. Also I spammed @alyssacolelit.bsky.social with videos from @howtoadhd.bsky.social while she was writing it! 🤣

Loyalty Bookstores@loyaltybooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our team at Loyalty Bookstore knows books make the best Valentines! What book do you have a date with today? 💝 And if you’re still looking for a gift for your someone(s) special, we’re open until 7 PM!

Photo of co-owner Hannah holding a stack of books including A Duke by Default and An Island Princess Starts a Scandal among others, making a kissy face at the camera